Amen to that brother, amen to that. Playing them on the tube train to work, I have to keep looking round to see if anyone else is hearing the majesty of what I'm hearing, cos it doesn't seem to be coming from the little plasticky toys jammed in my ears. Judging by their miserable, downtrodden faces, I feel sad for the poor deluded fools with their ibuds and their Sennheiser C.R.A.P XII Sportz MK2s or whatever they are. And those just reading newspapers need a good kick up the jacksy and pointing in the direction of Handheld Audio. This is where the news is happening brothers and sisters....

Now that is the best post I have read today, if not over the past month! Bravo!

- Yes. Or at least the chart needs to be clearly organised in ranking order with the SM3 at the top and a big gold star next to it.

- ER4P, ER4S, CK10, Ortofon E-Q7. Will be receiving the Radius DDMs tomorrow so you can throw that in the list too, albeit I haven't heard them and they may blow the SM3 out the water (I'm not a betting man, but a fiver says they won't).

- Yes, everytime I put the SM3 around my ears I hear the tears of angels and multicoloured butterfly wings flapping in exotic lands. While cool streams lap at my feet and dusky maidens perform unspeakable acts upon my reproductive organs. In comparison, other iems sound like a rabid dog is urinating down my canals while the ghost of George Best is belching putrid sweet nothings in my face and rubbing sandpaper on the back of my neck.

hahahah... you sir, are quite entertaining. If you condense your words I think you could be quite the poet.

Well I've had the SM3s for nearly two weeks now, and think I've adjusted to the sound. Still not at a point where I can relax and just enjoy music, still critically listening for the details

But when I A/b'd with my W3s, with music from Florence + the machine, the music sounded more natural, her breathing sounds and airiness of her voice and soundstage are breath taking (pun intended) compared with W3s, which seem a makes the vocals seem a little pushed and sounstage sounds a bit flat

I haven't had a chance to a/b with the IE8s or TF10s, as I'm just using the SM3s, but Isolation wise, its pretty good, better than the IE8's, TF10 has better isolation, but terrible microphonics, the W3 isolates a bit better than the SM3s, but thats maybe cos I'm using a modified sony hybrid tip with comply core

I'm using the stock double flange tip with the SM3 out of my iphone 3g unamped

However depending on the song, the IE8's sound more enjoyable with its bass impact with house/trance music. For some reason I don't enjoy my house/trance music with the SM3's, however tech-house its pretty good.

Must be the mix of house with vocals which don't sound as enjoyable, as I'm probaly used to the V frequency and club sound which the SM3 doesn't offer for that genre

I do wonder when that will come out. Hopefully soon but I somewhat lost interest in that a while ago and have gotten reshelled customs which hopefully come next week or the next and I think I have enough universals in my arsenal.

Technically speaking I think the SM3 run circles around the IE8 and is also better than Monster Turbine Pro Copper/Gold. Enjoyment wise I think they are also ahead of those two but the Copper is closer than the IE8 in this area.

Technically speaking I think the SM3 run circles around the IE8 and is also better than Monster Turbine Pro Copper/Gold. Enjoyment wise I think they are also ahead of those two but the Copper is closer than the IE8 in this area.

Ranked:

SM3

MTPC

MTPG/IE8

Well this ranking sounds interesting. This SM3 seems to be a fine IEM. I thought that it is similar or the same as the Westone W3. How similar are those two?

I hope there won't be any delay for the release. I am pretty sure HandHeldAudio will have some demo units once they are released, so you know your mission Bennyboy :)

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Originally Posted by RAFA

Well this ranking sounds interesting. This SM3 seems to be a fine IEM. I thought that it is similar or the same as the Westone W3. How similar are those two?

I think SM3 and W3 are totally different in terms of sound signature. I haven't try W3, but from what I read, they have a U-curved frequency response. SM3 should be more balanced sounding in comparison, with a precise and tight bass, forward but non-fatigue midrange, and laid-black treble. In my opinion they share a similarity, which is very tip-dependent.